Josephine
Rank in 2025
#53
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
4,126
girls 4,126
Peak year
1916
8,127 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
332,458
since 1880
Born a Josephine? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Josephine was most popular in 1916, when 8,127 babies recorded as girls got the name (7.8 per 1,000). In 2025, 4,126 babies were named Josephine, ranking #53 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 26%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,126 | 53 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 3,765 | 56 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 3,371 | 64 | 5 | 12239 |
| 2022 | 3,266 | 70 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 3,391 | 72 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 3,057 | 87 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 3,123 | 90 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 3,050 | 91 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 2,823 | 107 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 2,797 | 114 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 2,505 | 131 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 2,286 | 147 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 2,012 | 160 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 1,957 | 160 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 1,730 | 181 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 1,677 | 185 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 1,628 | 201 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 1,635 | 208 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 1,562 | 223 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 1,548 | 221 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 1,490 | 229 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 1,337 | 242 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 1,257 | 258 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 1,198 | 264 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 1,153 | 275 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 1,116 | 287 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 989 | 312 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 840 | 347 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 784 | 353 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 725 | 371 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 700 | 375 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 648 | 390 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 596 | 418 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 591 | 427 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 607 | 421 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 579 | 435 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 527 | 459 | 9 | 5165 |
| 1988 | 503 | 451 | 5 | 7270 |
| 1987 | 436 | 497 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 456 | 470 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 423 | 485 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 437 | 471 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 480 | 438 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 491 | 440 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 477 | 451 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 502 | 430 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 437 | 462 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 457 | 438 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 442 | 451 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 431 | 449 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 456 | 433 | 6 | 4797 |
| 1974 | 536 | 389 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 535 | 383 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 580 | 372 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 603 | 381 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 677 | 363 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 699 | 338 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 693 | 332 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 744 | 319 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 838 | 306 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 863 | 309 | 7 | 3244 |
| 1964 | 962 | 297 | 9 | 2854 |
| 1963 | 1,054 | 281 | 6 | 3646 |
| 1962 | 1,103 | 269 | 5 | 4033 |
| 1961 | 1,204 | 258 | 7 | 3356 |
| 1960 | 1,157 | 263 | 7 | 3337 |
| 1959 | 1,177 | 257 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 1,274 | 239 | 5 | 3944 |
| 1957 | 1,442 | 221 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 1,485 | 210 | 9 | 2798 |
| 1955 | 1,595 | 199 | 6 | 3505 |
| 1954 | 1,719 | 186 | 7 | 3176 |
| 1953 | 1,799 | 172 | 8 | 2905 |
| 1952 | 1,862 | 169 | 6 | 3373 |
| 1951 | 1,966 | 157 | 9 | 2662 |
| 1950 | 2,093 | 146 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 2,163 | 143 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 2,230 | 134 | 7 | 3010 |
| 1947 | 2,351 | 133 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 2,228 | 127 | 6 | 3173 |
| 1945 | 2,146 | 120 | 10 | 2242 |
| 1944 | 2,324 | 115 | 13 | 1988 |
| 1943 | 2,664 | 108 | 15 | 1910 |
| 1942 | 2,748 | 100 | 17 | 1730 |
| 1941 | 2,726 | 92 | 20 | 1532 |
| 1940 | 2,744 | 89 | 12 | 2081 |
| 1939 | 2,837 | 84 | 22 | 1425 |
| 1938 | 2,978 | 83 | 24 | 1364 |
| 1937 | 2,942 | 82 | 26 | 1313 |
| 1936 | 3,141 | 77 | 25 | 1326 |
| 1935 | 3,262 | 75 | 24 | 1390 |
| 1934 | 3,742 | 60 | 20 | 1551 |
| 1933 | 3,569 | 62 | 20 | 1540 |
| 1932 | 4,095 | 57 | 37 | 1110 |
| 1931 | 4,497 | 51 | 36 | 1128 |
| 1930 | 4,988 | 49 | 33 | 1235 |
| 1929 | 5,298 | 45 | 26 | 1413 |
| 1928 | 5,671 | 42 | 30 | 1323 |
| 1927 | 6,108 | 39 | 32 | 1293 |
| 1926 | 6,410 | 37 | 18 | 1846 |
| 1925 | 6,810 | 36 | 25 | 1493 |
| 1924 | 7,274 | 34 | 17 | 1964 |
| 1923 | 7,560 | 30 | 15 | 2123 |
| 1922 | 7,864 | 27 | 23 | 1591 |
| 1921 | 8,135 | 28 | 21 | 1703 |
| 1920 | 8,093 | 28 | 14 | 2231 |
| 1919 | 8,104 | 26 | 20 | 1695 |
| 1918 | 8,682 | 24 | 27 | 1373 |
| 1917 | 8,326 | 21 | 18 | 1755 |
| 1916 | 8,127 | 21 | 15 | 1949 |
| 1915 | 7,606 | 22 | 16 | 1782 |
| 1914 | 5,896 | 23 | 17 | 1492 |
| 1913 | 4,822 | 24 | 13 | 1497 |
| 1912 | 3,980 | 28 | 10 | 1619 |
| 1911 | 3,011 | 29 | 14 | 896 |
| 1910 | 2,801 | 30 | 8 | 1193 |
| 1909 | 2,416 | 31 | 11 | 893 |
| 1908 | 2,389 | 28 | 8 | 1021 |
| 1907 | 2,156 | 33 | 8 | 999 |
| 1906 | 1,900 | 38 | 8 | 927 |
| 1905 | 1,894 | 37 | 7 | 1002 |
| 1904 | 1,701 | 40 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 1,587 | 40 | 12 | 656 |
| 1902 | 1,565 | 42 | 7 | 933 |
| 1901 | 1,434 | 43 | 8 | 779 |
| 1900 | 1,743 | 47 | 6 | 1162 |
| 1899 | 1,388 | 44 | 6 | 928 |
| 1898 | 1,425 | 46 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 1,267 | 47 | 7 | 852 |
| 1896 | 1,256 | 50 | 7 | 900 |
| 1895 | 1,334 | 47 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 1,256 | 48 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 1,178 | 50 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 1,210 | 49 | 6 | 956 |
| 1891 | 1,031 | 49 | 5 | 963 |
| 1890 | 1,118 | 49 | 6 | 884 |
| 1889 | 1,047 | 49 | 6 | 878 |
| 1888 | 1,001 | 49 | 5 | 1031 |
| 1887 | 815 | 50 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 844 | 47 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 783 | 47 | 6 | 836 |
| 1884 | 800 | 45 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 697 | 46 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 638 | 49 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 563 | 48 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 544 | 50 | <5 | — |
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Where Josephine is most popular
- Vermont3.5×
- District of Columbia2.8×
- Maine2.4×
- New Hampshire2.3×
- Wyoming2.2×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years